"Right on!"
Roger drew the Zanpakuto at his waist and shouted its name.
"Bankai—Supreme Grade Sword: Ace!"
"Conqueror's Haki Infusion—Kamitsuchi!"
Black-red lightning gleamed along Roger's blade before he slashed it out.
The black-red lightning-wreathed slash collided midair with Ailin's hundred-meter slash. The sharpness of the slash tore through the terrifying Conqueror's Haki-infused waves of Kamitsuchi, while the overwhelming destructive force of those waves shattered the slash's edge.
Boom!
The two slashes intertwined, black-red and blue crossing together as they erupted with a powerful shockwave that shattered the surrounding ground and blasted out a crater dozens of meters wide.
"Bankai—Supreme Grade Sword: Gryphon!"
Elsewhere, Shanks had also completed the release of his Zanpakuto and unleashed a Conqueror's Haki-infused slash.
"Kamitsuchi!"
The abilities of Roger's and Shanks's Supreme Grade Swords were very similar.
Their Shikai abilities transformed reiatsu into Flying Slashes, while their Bankai abilities transformed reiatsu into Conqueror's Haki-infused slashes with immense destructive power.
Boom!
This second slash directly shattered Ailin's attack and came hurtling toward him with its remaining force.
Ailin did not dodge the incoming slash. Instead, he flew forward, covering his left hand in a layer of high-density reiatsu before reaching out to grab it.
"Armament—Ryuou!"
Crack, crack—
Bang!
Ailin crushed the slash in his hand, turning it into black-red spirit particles that dispersed into the air.
By then, Ailin had crossed most of the distance between them and was about to engage them at close range.
"Bankai—Yezora: Gigas Cedar!"
Gigas Cedar's true form was a massive tree four meters in diameter and seventy meters tall. It had existed for hundreds of thousands of years and was also known as the Demon Fruit Tree.
Kirito was a powerful weapon forged from the highest branch at the top of Gigas Cedar.
"Demon Sword Assault!"
Dense black reiatsu erupted, transforming